Detention hearing ongoing now for Justin Jersey, aka #fingerman, who is now indicted in one of the most violent assaults on police attempting to defend the Capitol. Here's the DOJ's pretrial detention memo, filed Sunday: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… #CapitoRiot @wusa9 @EricFlackTV 
You can see the man the DOJ has identified as Justin Jersey in this BWC video while he and other defendants, including Jeffrey Sabol and Jack Wade Whitton, repeatedly attack police. wusa9.com/article/news/n…
The ever-on-it @ryanjreilly wrote about how the FBI identified Justin Jersey via a rather conspicuous tattoo here: huffpost.com/entry/fingerma…
The DOJ says the video shows Justin Jersey "arm himself and rain blows down upon [officers]." Only extracts himself from the situation because he began to lose his footing.
DOJ also says FB messages show Justin Jersey was cognizant of and even prepared for violence on January 6. Someone told him to "take a small concealed club" and he responded he'd have something on him. He also said, "If anything were to happen, tell my daughter I love her."
Justin Jersey also took "trophies" from the Capitol, the DOJ says, including a badge and helmet. They were found at his home.
Justin Jersey's attorney describes him as "a person who had a moment of anger and lashed out, albeit in the wrong way." #CapitolRiot
They're sort of dancing around this, but the person they keep mentioning who has a "medical issue" and collapses on the ground at the feet of other rioters — including Jersey — who then continue assaulting police is Rosanne Boyland. Boyland is marked below with the blue arrow.
Magistrate Judge Faruqui isn't going to rule on the detention issue for Justin Jersey today. He wants to get the suggested third-party custodians vetted by pretrial services and some additional info on allegations from the government.
Faruqui also wants more info on the badge and two helmets found at Justin Jersey's home. "That's concerning. That's obviously not a good thing."
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